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The Importance of Warehouse Management Software
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On a daily basis, I have the opportunity to engage with companies of all different shapes and sizes that provide inventory and fulfillment services.
Some of them are fulfilling thousands of orders a day for their company’s sales force; others are providing fulfillment services for their customers. Many of them are packaging and shipping marketing and sales collateral — binders, brochures, books, trade show displays, etc. — while others are fulfilling product orders that were placed by consumers.
But no matter what their situation might be, they nearly all face the same challenges.
Common Challenges in Warehouse Management
Companies that provide the service of managing inventory, a warehouse, and the fulfillment process often face the following questions:
- How accurate are their inventory counts?
- How can they monitor and improve their turnaround times?
- How can they automate their daily tasks?
A company’s ability to answer and accomplish those items is often directly related to the warehouse management software that they choose to use.
Succeeding with Warehouse Management Software
Many companies understand the importance of managing their warehouse inventory correctly, but too often they settle for simplistic programs such as Excel, Access, or Word documents to track their inventory flow.
While there are benefits to using these programs for specific tasks, they fail to add efficiency, consistency, and quality control to the process. This where the importance of using proven warehouse management software comes to light.
Not only can focused, inventory management software make organizing and tracking shipments and product output easier on your employees, but it can also help you generate valuable reports and analytics for your company and for your customers.
Also, by using an online software application, you can often get very close to a real-time inventory count situation, which should absolutely help to reduce unnecessary frustration in regards to backorders.
There are many other benefits that can come from fully utilizing an online, warehouse management software application.
If you are interested in how interlinkONE could help you out in that regard, register for a free demo of our solutions! Or, please click here to read more about our software.
Tags Tools for Cycle Counting
Ah, the Cycle Count.
If you have ever worked in a warehouse that stored inventory, you are probably familiar with that term — as well as the hours that may go along with accomplishing that activity.
Cycle counts can prove very helpful when it comes to keeping inventory amounts accurate. They also contribute to a customer’s confidence level.
interlinkONE’s ilinkONE Version 8 software has solutions to help your warehouse team accomplish cycle counting.
It is integrated directly with our inventory management and online ordering features. Thus, you have access to whatever data you need in real-time.
An interlinkONE customer recently completed a major cycle count with our software. They reported that their customers were happy with the results, the counters were happy using the system to update the numbers, and the auditors commented favorably on the process and accuracy.
Also, by using interlinkONE’s cycle count tool, they cut the hours spent last year in half!
Here are a few screenshots from our Cycle Counting feature:
Cycle Counting: Control Panel
CycleCount: To Be Counted
If you have any questions about interlinkONE’s Warehouse Management software solutions, including Cycle Counting, Inventory Management, Pick Ticket & Packing Slips, Premium Restrictions, and more, please contact our team.
